Patents Examined by Colette Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9718946
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present technology may include a carbohydrate binder composition. The carbohydrate binder composition may include a carbohydrate, a nitrogen-containing compound, and a catalyst. The catalyst may catalyze a reaction between the carbohydrate and the nitrogen-containing compound. The catalyst may be water soluble in the composition but may become water insoluble after curing the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventor: Kiarash Alavi
  • Patent number: 9714482
    Abstract: A method including: (a) contacting lime with an extract including an S1 solvent carrying a contaminant load to form a lime treated extract; and (b) reducing the contaminant load by removing solids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Virdia, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Jansen, Aharon Eyal
  • Patent number: 9687823
    Abstract: A hydroprocessing co-catalyst composition may comprise in an embodiment a first component comprising co-catalyst particles and a liquid carrier, and a second component comprising a dispersant and a dispersant diluent. The co-catalyst particles may be in the micron size range, and the dispersant may promote dispersion of the co-catalyst particles in materials such as the liquid carrier, the dispersant diluent, and combinations thereof. Methods of introducing a hydroprocessing co-catalyst composition into a hydroprocessing system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Julie Chabot, Bo Kou, Alexander Kuperman
  • Patent number: 9682365
    Abstract: Provided is a new catalyst that can have heightened purification performance for NOx under lean conditions. Proposed is an exhaust gas purification catalyst composition provided with: a carrier (A) comprising zirconium phosphate; a catalyst active component (a) supported on the carrier (A); a carrier (B) comprising an inorganic oxide porous body; and a catalyst active component (b) supported on the carrier (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Hironori Iwakura, Yunosuke Nakahara, Masato Machida
  • Patent number: 9670387
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising at least one deacetylated chitosan, an acid and an additional compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: UNIVERSITE BLAISE PASCAL—CLERMONT II, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES POUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET L'AGRICULTURE
    Inventors: Jean-Denis Mathias, Michel Grediac, Hélène De Baynast, Philippe Michaud, Anil Patel
  • Patent number: 9669517
    Abstract: A high temperature bonded abrasive includes alumina abrasive grits, and a vitreous bond matrix in which the alumina abrasive grits are distributed, the vitreous bond matrix having a cure temperature not less than 1000° C. The alumina abrasive grits include polycrystalline alpha alumina having a fine crystalline microstructure characterized by an alpha alumina average domain size not greater than 500 nm, and the alumina abrasive grits further include a pinning agent that is a dispersed phase in the polycrystalline alpha alumina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ralph Bauer, Margaret L. Skowron
  • Patent number: 9669396
    Abstract: This invention is directed to hydrocracking catalysts and hydrocracking processes employing a magnesium aluminosilicate clay and a zeolite. The magnesium aluminosilicate clay has a characteristic 29Si NMR spectrum. The magnesium aluminosilicate clay is the product of a series of specific reaction steps. The resulting magnesium aluminosilicate clay combines high surface area and activity for use in hydrocracking catalysts and processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Theodorus Maesen, Alexander E. Kuperman, Darren P. Fong
  • Patent number: 9657179
    Abstract: A powder watercolor paint is provided for achieving special color effects, wherein the paint comprises a powder filler having hydrophobic treatment and particles of an aqueous liquid colored base containing 0.5 to 10% by weight of colored pigment or pigment paste, 1.5 to 5% by weight of natural or synthetic gum, and 1 to 5% by weight of a hydrophobizing oil ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Koh-I-Noor Hardmuth A.S.
    Inventor: Marta Van{hacek over (c)}urová
  • Patent number: 9643171
    Abstract: The invention is for a method for making a heteropoly acid compound catalyst from compounds containing molybdenum, vanadium, phosphorus, cesium, copper, bismuth, antimony and boron in which molybdenum, vanadium, phosphorus, cesium, copper, bismuth and boron are at their highest oxidation states and antimony has a 3+ oxidation state. The catalyst contains oxides of molybdenum, vanadium, phosphorus, cesium, copper, bismuth, antimony, boron and, optionally, other metals. The catalyst has the formula: Mo12VaPbCscCudBieSbfBgOx where Mo is molybdenum, V is vanadium, P is phosphorus, Cs is cesium, Cu is copper, Bi is bismuth, Sb is antimony, B is boron, O is oxygen, a is 0.01 to 5.0, b is 0.5 to 3.5, c is 0.01 to 2.0, d is 0.0-1.5, e is 0.0-2.0, f is 0.01-3.0, g is 0.0-4.0 and x satisfies the valences. Molybdenum is reduced by antimony and reoxidized during catalyst synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James W. Kauffman, Wugeng Liang, Lixia Cai
  • Patent number: 9643172
    Abstract: A metal loaded catalyst comprises a support and main active metal components and optional auxiliary active metal components, wherein the main active metal components are elementary substances and obtained by ionizing radiation reducing precursors of main active metal components. The catalyst can be widely used in the catalytic reactions of petrochemistry industry with high activity and selectivity. The catalyst can be used directly without being reduced preliminarily by hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry
    Inventors: Wei Dai, Jing Peng, Haibo Yu, Hui Peng, Genshuan Wei, Maolin Zhai, Zuwang Mao, Yi Le, Wei Mu, Haijiang Liu, Yunxian Zhu
  • Patent number: 9643162
    Abstract: Nitro-compounds are hydrogenated with an activated Ni catalyst whose Ni/Al alloy also contained one or more elements from the list of Cu, Ag and Au prior to activation. In combination with the Group IB elements mentioned above, this catalyst can also be doped with other elements via their addition to the Ni/Al alloy prior to activation and/or they can be adsorbed onto the surface of the catalyst either during or after the activation of the alloy. The suitable doping elements for the alloy prior to activation in combination with the group IB elements mentioned above are one or more of the elements from the list of Mg, Ti, Ce, Cr, V, Mo, W, Mn, Re, Fe, Co, Tr, Ru, Rh, Pd, Pt and Bi. The suitable doping elements that may be adsorbed onto the surface of the catalyst that was previously doped in the alloy prior to activation with the group IB elements mentioned above are one or more elements from the list Mg, Ca, Ba, Ti, Ce, V, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Re, Fe, Ru, Co, Rh, Ir, Pd, Pt, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au and Bi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Ostgard, Monika Berweiler, Markus Göttlinger, Steffen Laporte, Matthias Schwarz
  • Patent number: 9643876
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plurality of expanded microspheres, comprises mixing a plurality of solid particles, at least one binding material capable of binding the plurality of solid particles, and a plurality of reactive expansion components into a batch, forming a plurality of agglomerated particles from the batch, heating the plurality of agglomerated particles in an expansion equipment to above a softening temperature of at least a portion of the plurality of agglomerated particles and activating the plurality of reactive expansion components, and forming a gas and expanding the plurality of agglomerated particles into the plurality of expanded microspheres, the step of activating the plurality of reactive expansion components occurring independently from a chemical composition of an atmosphere surrounding the plurality of agglomerated particles inside the expansion equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventors: Hamid Hojaji, Laura Gabriela Kocs
  • Patent number: 9623364
    Abstract: Na+-SAPO-34 sorbents were ion-exchanged with several individual metal cations for CO2 absorption at different temperatures (273-348 K) and pressures (<1 atm). In general, the overall adsorption performance of the exchanged materials increased as follows: Ce3+<Ti3+<Mg2+<Ca2+<Ag+<Na+<Sr2+. The strontium exchanged materials excelled at low-pressure ranges, exhibiting very sharp isotherms slopes at all temperatures. The Sr2+ species were responsible for the surface strong interaction and the cations were occupying exposed sites (SII?) in the materials Chabazite cages. All the sorbent materials exhibited higher affinity for CO2 over the other gases tested (i.e., CH4, H2, N2 and O2) due to strong ion-quadrupole interactions. Sr2+-SAPO-34 sorbents are by far the best option for CO2 removal from CH4 mixtures, especially at low concentrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: University of Puerto Rico
    Inventors: Arturo J Hernandez-Maldonado, Milton E Rivera-Ramos, Ana G Arevalo-Hidalgo
  • Patent number: 9611432
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalytic cracking catalyst, processing method and use thereof. When the catalyst is added into a commercial catalytic cracking unit, it has an initial activity of not higher than 80, preferably not higher than 75, more preferably not higher than 70, a self-balancing time of 0.1-50 h, and an equilibrium activity of 35-60. Said method enables the activity and selectivity of the catalyst in the catalytic cracking unit to be more homogeneous and notably improves the selectivity of the catalytic cracking catalyst, so as to obviously reduce the dry gas and coke yields, to sufficiently use steam and to reduce the energy consumption of the FCC unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Youhao Xu, Shouye Cui, Jun Long, Jianhong Gong, Zhijian Da, Jiushun Zhang, Yuxia Zhu, Yibin Luo, Jinlian Tang
  • Patent number: 9611405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a stable dispersion of nano-particles, comprising the steps: a) mixing a suspension of nano-particles with an aqueous solution of gelatine hydrolysate; and b) adding an aqueous solution of gelatine to the mixture. Furthermore, the invention relates to a stable dispersion of nano-particles as well as the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Gelita AG
    Inventors: Alexander Raab, Matthias Reihmann, Christoph Simon
  • Patent number: 9605324
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and processes for improving the clarification of sugar juices and syrups in sugar mills. The process involves adding compositions directly to the juice and or syrup. The compositions provided in this invention are mixed intimately into the sugar juices or syrups, and allowed sufficient time to react with the sugar juices or syrups as well as with the any other chemicals added in the clarification processes so as to impart an improvement in the purity of the clarified juice or syrup obtained therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Carbo-UA Limited
    Inventors: Emmanuel M. Sarir, James Bushong
  • Patent number: 9598291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing lithium hydroxide and a method of manufacturing lithium carbonate using the same. The method of manufacturing lithium hydroxide includes: preparation of a lithium phosphate aqueous solution including lithium phosphate particles; addition of a phosphate anion precipitation agent to the lithium phosphate aqueous solution; and precipitating a sparingly soluble phosphate compound through a reaction of cations of the phosphate anion precipitation agent with anions of the lithium phosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: POSCO, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, MPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Uong Chon, Im Chang Lee, Ki Young Kim, Gi-Chun Han, Chang Ho Song, So Ra Jung
  • Patent number: 9587316
    Abstract: Provide is a thermoplastic resin composition from which a resin molded article having high whiteness and mechanical strength can be obtained while retaining the plating properties of the resin molded article. A thermoplastic resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin, and 1 to 30 parts by weight of a laser direct structuring additive, 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a titanium oxide and 10 to 230 parts by weight of a glass fiber per 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin, wherein the laser direct structuring additive has an L value of 50 or more, and the glass fiber comprises SiO2 and Al2O3 in a proportion of 60 to 70% by weight of SiO2 and 20 to 30% by weight of Al2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Takano, Takahiko Sumino, Kentarou Ishihara, Naohisa Akashi
  • Patent number: 9580867
    Abstract: A nano-composite structure. A synthetic nano-composite is described having a first component including a fibrous structured amorphous silica structure, and a second component including a precipitated calcium carbonate structure developed by pressure carbonation. The nano-composite may be useful for fillers in paints and coatings. Also, the nano-composite may be useful in coatings used in the manufacture of paper products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: PACIFIC NANO PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Vijay K. Mathur
  • Patent number: 9579292
    Abstract: A film forming solution usable for the manufacture of an allergen free hard capsule containing pullulan polysaccharide, a neutrally charged hydrophilic amide derived from an amino acid, a rheology modifier, a plasticizer, a chelating agent, and Q.S. amount of water. The film forming solution creates hard capsules that are dimensionally stable with a combination of mechanical strength, resistance to cracking and resiliency. The created hard capsules have a body and a cap that easily engage while producing an oxygen barrier for product contained in the allergen free hard capsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Inventor: Karl Wei Cao